Combination cabinet ironing board and table



Feb. 13, 1923.

O. ESTANLEY COMBINATION CABINET IRONING BOARD AND TABLE Filed Apr. 17, 1922 //v VE/V TOR OLIVER STANLE? Q Patented Feb. 13, 1923.

tlitiTEfi STATES OLIVER STANLEY, OF DES MOINES, IOWA.

COMBINATION CABINET IRONING. BOARD AND TABLE.

Application filed April 17,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER STANLEY, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, have invented a new and useful Combination Cabinet Ironing Board and Table, of which the following is a specification.

An object of this invention is to provide a convenient accessory or furnishing for a kitchen, kitchenette or other location where the conserving of space is desirable, comprising a cabinet adapted to be mounted within or on a wall, and a small table and an ironing board adapted to be conjunctively folded within said cabinet and also adapted to be extended selectively and independently for use.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved table adapted to be folded within a wall cabinet in combination with an ironing board hinged to said table and adapted to be extended from the cabinet independently of said table at times.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the construction arrangement and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claim and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a vertical section through a wall showing my improved cabinet therein, and illustrating the table in folded position and the ironing board extended for use. Figure 2 is a face View showing both table and ironing board folded within the cabinet, the doors of which are open. Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1, on a reduced scale, showing the table extended for use, a portion being broken away to show the position of the ironing board beneath the table.

In the accompanying drawing, the numerals 10, 11 designate spaced members of. a wall, here shown more or less conventionally, and in this instance formed with a baseboard 12 traversing the lower portion of the member 11 adjacent a floor 13. A box or cabinet is provided and is rigidly mounted on or within the wall, in this instance being set in the wall through an opening in one of the members such as 11, against the other member 10, and preferably filling the lateral space between two adjacent studding members of said wall. The cabinet is open at its front and is formed with a rear wall 14, a bottom mem- 1922. Serial No. 553,858.

ber 15, a top 16, and spaced side walls 17, 18. A cleat 19 is arranged transversely, of and fixed to the inner face of the rear wall 14: and is spaced a suitable distance above the bottom 15. top 20 and frieze 21, depending therefrom and extending around three sides, being omitted at the inner end of the top 20. The

table top is sufficiently narrow to be recelved and movable freely between the slde A table is composed of a walls 17, 18 of the cabinet, and the inner 1 end thereof is pivotally connected by means of hinges 22 to the cleat 19. The cleat 19 is spaced above the bottom 15 of the cabinet sufficiently to allow the lower margins of the frieze members 21 to rest on the said bottom' 15 when the table top is in horizontal position, thereby providing a stable and bracing support for the table when in extended position; and this bracing effect is heightened, preferably, by making the frieze somewhat wider than the spacing of the cleat above said'bottom and notching the side members of said frieze at the inner end used as a work table, a breakfast table, or

for any other similar purpose. When in vertical posit-ion the table is entirely received within and enclosed by the cabinet.

The open front of the cabinet is closable by means of two hinged doors 23 and 21.

The door 23 is hinged at one side margin and encompasses the greater portion of the front of the cabinet, ending on a line substantially in the horizontalplane of the hinges 22-, so that said door may be closed when the table is in extended position, as shown in Figure 3, and thus close. the greater portion of the cabinet and in fact all that portion which is not occupied by the extended table. The door 21 preferably is hinged at its lower margin to the bottom of the cabinet and may be dropped to open position as shown to permit the extension of the folding men1- hers. The door 23 may be provided with a mirror if desired, and the entire exposed portions of the cabinet may be finished in any desired and suitable manner in harmony with the finish of the room in which it is located. '7

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An ironing board 25, which may be of the approved type and arranged with its tapered end outwardly, is hinged at its inner end to a cleat 26, by means of a hinge or hinges 27. The cleat 26 is arranged transversely of and fixed to the lower surface of the inner end of the table top 20, and the ironing board is received and is movable freely between the side members -of the frieze 21 of the table, so that it may be folded within and beneath the table and in a position substantially parallel to the to; 20, as shown in figures 2 and 8 and by dotted lines in Figure 1. Skirt boards 28, 29 are iivoted by hinges to the lower surface and near the inner end of the ironing board 25, and may be folded inwardly toward the median line of said board and lie flat against the under surface thereof at times, as shown in Figure 2. The skirt boards 28, 29 are adapted to be extended at right angles to the board. 25 when the board is extended for use, as shown in Figure 1, at such times engaging the bottom of the cabinet for stable support of the ironing board. The skirt boards 28, 29 maybe notched at their rear ends, similarly to the frieze members, for more effective engagement with the bottom 15 and the front margin thereof. A leg 31 is provided and is pivoted by means of a hinge 32 to the lower surface of the ironing board 25 and when said board is extended for use the leg may engage at its free end the floor 13 or the angle between the top of the baseboard l2 and the wall member 11, as shown.

When the ironing board 25 is folded within the table and the table folded within the cabinet, the doors 23 and 24 may be closed. At such times the leg 31 is folded against the under surface of the board 25 and is held in such position, and the board itself maintained in its compacted position within the frieze of the table, by any desired means, such as a latching bar adapted to be extended transversely across the table between the side members of the frieze, as shown in Figure 2. When either the table or the iron ing board is desired for use, the doors 25, 24 are both opened manually. In case the board 25 is to be used, the latching bar 33 is released, the skirt boards 28, 29 are ortended, articulating on the hinges 30, and the board 25 is moved to extended position,

articulating on the hinges 27, the table re-- maining within the cabinet. The leg 31 is placed in supporting position and the upper door 23 may be closed if desired. In case the table is to be used, the ironing board remains or is placed in folded position within the frieze 21, the skirt boards 28, 29 also remaining in folded position, and the table is: moved to extended position, articulating on the hinges 22. The upper door 23 may also be closed when the table is extended.

The device provides two very-handy articles in convenient arrangement and occupying little space and will be found desir able in apartments where it is necessary to conserve space. The table may be used as a kitchen work table, as a breakfast or dining table, or for any other similar purpose; and the ironing board, which is used with comparative infrequency, is always in position to be brought into use Without loss of time or rearrangement of other furniture.

It is obvious that the cabinet may be mounted on the outside of a wall, or against the face thereof, instead of being set in the wall, if desired; and even in such arrangement will occupy but little space when the devices are folded therewithin.

I claim as my invention Av device of the ciass described, comprising an enclosure, a table top hinged at one end to and adapted to be folded within said enclosure, an ironing board hinged to said top, said top being formed with a depending frieze enclosing said ironing board when in folded posit-ion, said frieze adapted to contact the bottom of said enclosure when the table top is extended and serve to maintain the same in horizontal position, and skirt boards hinged to the lower surface of said ironing board and adapted to be extended perpendicular to said board-and vto engage the bottom of the enclosure when said ironing board. is extended, and to assist in holding said ironing board in horizontal position, said shirt boards being foldable against the lower surface of said ironing board when the same is in folded position.

Signed at Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, this. 28th. day of iflecember, i921.

()Ll VER STANLE Y. 

